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Taking their time

Opinion

Monday, August 24, 2015

| Nursery World

Children need to be allowed to 'stand and stare', says Cathy Nutbrown

Call for EYPP to be doubled to improve social mobility

News

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

| Nursery World

A new report recommends the early years pupil premium be increased to help children from low-income families progress.

Interview - Sue Atkins, Parenting expert

News

Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Sue Atkins talks to Sue Learner about parenting and discipline, in the wake of the riots that spread destruction through the streets of London and most of the major English cities.

Flying Start is found to make advances for under-threes

News

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

| Nursery World

A programme that provides support services for under-threes and free childcare for two-year-olds in Wales is having a positive impact on their emotional and social development, an interim evaluation has found.

Child poverty set to increase as jobs go

News

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

| Nursery World

A fifth of seven-year-olds in the UK live in severe poverty with both parents combined earning less than half the national average, according to new research.

Free school meals feed minds as well as bodies

News

Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

A two-year pilot that made free school meals available for all primary pupils significantly improved children's attainment, with children making between four and eight weeks more progress than is generally the case.

Children's centres improve parenting for poor families

News

Friday, December 18, 2015

| Nursery World

Children’s centres in poor areas help disadvantaged families to develop parenting skills, improve mothers’ mental health and children's learning at home, research shows.

'School readiness' is only part of transition

Opinion

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Dr Karen Wickett, lecturer in early childhood studies at Plymouth Institute of Education, says that children's need to adjust to school should not be forgotten

Nurseries forge links with teachers in drive for school readiness

News

Monday, November 14, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years settings are responding to the Government's focus on 'school readiness' by building better links with schools and putting more emphasis on helping children to develop their independence skills.

Leadership - so much to say about books

Features

Monday, November 28, 2011

| Nursery World

At Southwark Primary School in Nottingham, nursery leader Pip Otter is exploring the potential of the 'dialogic book talk' approach, which promotes early language and literacy

Local authorities to pilot payment-by-results in children's centres

News

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Children's centres will be paid according to the take-up of free nursery education among disadvantaged two and three-year-olds, in plans unveiled by children's minister Sarah Teather.

Big picture: Scandi mania

News

Sunday, February 18, 2018

| Nursery World

Childminder Hannah Rosalie hit the headlines this month for her ‘Scandi’ approach, with children having naps outside.

Reading test for all six-year-olds given go-ahead

News

Friday, September 16, 2011

| Nursery World

The DfE has confirmed that all six-year-olds will take a phonics reading test next June.

Singer Mollie King launches Dyslexia Awareness Week

News

Monday, October 5, 2020

| Nursery World

Presenter and singer Mollie King and the British Dyslexia Association have joined forces to focus on this year’s Dyslexia Awareness Week’s theme: Dyslexia Creates.

Early years educators must teach children about gender equality

Opinion

Thursday, March 25, 2021

| Nursery World

Having spent the majority of my career in the education sector, the current public debate on gender inequality in the UK has prompted me to engage in some professional soul-searching, says childminder Laura House

Outdoor play is 'every child's right'

News

Thursday, November 25, 2021

| Nursery World

Every child has a right to spend time outdoors, said Professor Jan White, speaking at Nursery World’s outdoor play conference.

Funded places available for early years music-making course

News

Monday, June 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings can apply for a chance to access fully-funded music therapy training with charity Music as Therapy International.

Survey seeks sector views on the twos scheme

News

Sunday, June 15, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners are invited to have their say on the disadvantaged two-year-old programme via TACTYC’s new online survey.

Children starting Reception face 'the most challenging school start for generations'

News

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

| Nursery World

The charity Nesta warns that children starting Reception this term will need more support due to the number of hours of early education they have missed in the coronavirus pandemic.

SEED: Latest reports include focus on good early years practice

News

Friday, January 27, 2017

| Nursery World

Tailoring practice to children’s needs, a skilled and experienced workforce, and an open and reflective culture are highlighted as key in new research on good practice in early education.

Programmes that boost children's development rated

News

Monday, July 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Programmes that support attachment, behaviour and cognitive development in young children have been assessed by the Early Intervention Foundation.

Slumdog trail leads to UK

News

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

The man who inspired the 'Slumdog Millionaire' story delivered the keynote speech at the Montessori Centre International's annual awards ceremony on 3 December.

ICT - for & against: Toddlers, TV and touchscreens

News

Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

Do ICT and multimedia in the early years have positive potential, or are they a danger to development? Here, two experts make their case.

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

News

Thursday, March 7, 2019

| Nursery World

Sixty charities and organisations have joined forces to urge the Prime Minister to do more to improve support for the 1.4 million children with speech, language and communication needs.

MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

News

Monday, July 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Children's centre budgets should be pooled with those for midwives and health visitors, a cross-party committee of MPs has argued.

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Taking their time

Call for EYPP to be doubled to improve social mobility

Interview - Sue Atkins, Parenting expert

Flying Start is found to make advances for under-threes

Child poverty set to increase as jobs go

Free school meals feed minds as well as bodies

Children's centres improve parenting for poor families

'School readiness' is only part of transition

Nurseries forge links with teachers in drive for school readiness

Leadership - so much to say about books

Local authorities to pilot payment-by-results in children's centres

Big picture: Scandi mania

Reading test for all six-year-olds given go-ahead

Singer Mollie King launches Dyslexia Awareness Week

Early years educators must teach children about gender equality

Outdoor play is 'every child's right'

Funded places available for early years music-making course

Survey seeks sector views on the twos scheme

Children starting Reception face 'the most challenging school start for generations'

SEED: Latest reports include focus on good early years practice

Programmes that boost children's development rated

Slumdog trail leads to UK

ICT - for & against: Toddlers, TV and touchscreens

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

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